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A toppled crane smashed through a hoarding along West Coast Drive and took down a big chunk of the tiled covered walkway. -- STOMP PHOTO: CHOO JEN-SIN
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A 70-TONNE crawler crane from a condominium worksite crashed onto a pedestrian walkway along West Coast Drive on Friday morning.
The toppled crane, with a 27.4 metre boom, smashed through a hoarding and took down a big chunk of the tiled covered walkway when it came crashing down at about 10.20 am.
Luckily, no one was walking near the area. Next to the walkway are several blocks of Housing Board flats.
The crane was operating on the site where the Parc Condominium is being built.
The Ministry of Manpower said it had stopped work for cranes that were managed by the piling constractor on the site, pending investigation.
This incident came just three weeks after a toppled hammer head crane killed three workers at a National University of Singapore worksite.
The ministry has since stepped up checks on construction site and produced a technical advisory on the safe use of such lifting equipment.
Stomper Choo Jen-Sin who took this picture and sent it to Stomp, said: 'I can't imagine what will happen if the crane had crashed into the walkway with people around the area.'
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